I will take take that as a tacit admission that you a. have no such evidence to support your views, b. have read the past thread and realize that you don’t have a leg to stand on or c. are just too lazy to do a simple check.
As to the Contras and the US support…
[quote]A key role in the development of the Contra alliance was played by the United States following Ronald Reagan’s assumption of the presidency in January 1981. Reagan accused the Sandinistas of importing Cuban-style socialism and aiding leftist guerrillas in El Salvador. On November 23 of that year, Reagan signed the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the CIA the authority to recruit and support the Contras with $19 million in military aid. The effort to support the Contras was one component of the Reagan Doctrine, which called for providing military support to movements opposing Soviet-supported, communist governments.
Direct military aid was interrupted by the Boland Amendment, passed by the United States Congress in December 1982, and subsequently extended in October 1984 to forbid action by not only the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency but all US government agencies. Administration officials sought to arrange funding and military supplies by means of third-parties, culminating in the Iran-Contra Affair of 1986-1987, which concerned contra funding through the proceeds of arms sales to Iran. On February 3, 1988 the United States House of Representatives rejected President Reagan’s request for $36.25 million to aid the Contras. [/quote]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(guerrillas
Let’s examine this time frame. The Somoza regime was overthrown in July 1979. Reagan took office in January 1981 and did not fund the contras until Nov. 23, 1981. The amount? US$19 million. That means that the Sandinistas were basically not facing a US-funded armed source for nearly 2.5 years. During that time, the Sandinistas rejected Carter’s offer of hundreds of millions in aid and chose instead to develop closer ties with Cuba and the USSR and to import massive amounts of weapons. The funding was cut off very soon in December 1982 and this was re-extended in 1984 and it was not until 1986-7 that the Reagan administration attempted to get around this by selling weapons to Iran.
You may wish to read more about the history of the Contras, which INITIALLY started out as allies of the Sandinistas in overthrowing Somoza but who became disenchanted with the power grab. Later, they were joined by disaffected businesspeople and those whose property was expropriated. Finally, the Indians that were being “collectivized” were energized to oppose the Sandinistas. It was only much later that some of the Contra leadership became in the drug business and I think that there is sufficient background on this to give the reports credibility.
Question: Where is the big US funding? What do you say to those who initially opposed the Sandinistas and the reasons why they did so? And how was the Sandinista regime “strangled in the crib?” Finally, was or was not the Sandinista movement communist? And given that communism has succeeded, er… where? might that have something to do with the economic failures of the Sandinista regime? especially given that Nicaragua had always been one of the poorest nations in the Western hemisphere?